he enprepared food for -- he even prepared food for one of the presidents, president clinton he told me. but today he's doing a favorite of mine, a beat salad -- a beet salad. >> we go to the farmers markets every sunday. we're formally the jockey club. we walk to the dupont circle farmers market. we're on 2100 massachusetts avenue. we buy different fall vegetables, root vegetables. local goat cheese from cherry glen farm in boyds, maryland. >> i love when local restaurants support our farmer. they need our support. it's so fresh and so tasty. you're doing something with that cheese. >> this is the goat cheese from cherry glen farm in boyds, maryland. we just season flour, egg wash, panko bread crumbs you can buy at any grocery store. once it's breaded i fry it in can knoll la oil-- >> can knoll la -- canola oil. >> we roast the beets in the oven. aluminum foil. >> you put them in whole? >> it concentrates all the flavor. it all stays in there. once it's warm enough, you take a towel. you wipe off all the skins. then we just slice them and make homemade dressings. all of our desserts